Solace of the Road
by Siobhan Dowd | Teens | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0385609728 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0385609728 Global Overview for this book
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Memories of Mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. She hates her foster family with their too-nice ways and their false sympathy. And she hates her life, her stupid school and the way everyone is always on at her. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blonde locks she feels transformed. She's not Holly any more, she's Solace: the girl with the slinkster walk and the super-sharp talk. She's older, more confident - the kind of girl who can walk right out of her humdrum life, hitch to Ireland and find her mum. The kind of girl who can face the world head on.
So begins a bittersweet, and sometimes hilarious journey as Solace swaggers and Holly tiptoes across England and through memory, discovering her true self, and unlocking the secrets of her past.
SOLACE OF THE ROAD is a wonderful novel from one of the UK's most talented new writers for teenagers. Holly's story will leave a lasting impression on all who travel with her.
Memories of Mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. She hates her foster family with their too-nice ways and their false sympathy. And she hates her life, her stupid school and the way everyone is always on at her. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blonde locks she feels transformed. She's not Holly any more, she's Solace: the girl with the slinkster walk and the super-sharp talk. She's older, more confident - the kind of girl who can walk right out of her humdrum life, hitch to Ireland and find her mum. The kind of girl who can face the world head on.
So begins a bittersweet, and sometimes hilarious journey as Solace swaggers and Holly tiptoes across England and through memory, discovering her true self, and unlocking the secrets of her past.
SOLACE OF THE ROAD is a wonderful novel from one of the UK's most talented new writers for teenagers. Holly's story will leave a lasting impression on all who travel with her.
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Journal Entry 3 by cluricaune at The Navan Centre & Fort 🛖 in Armagh, Co. Armagh United Kingdom on Monday, March 20, 2017
Released 7 yrs ago (3/20/2017 UTC) at The Navan Centre & Fort 🛖 in Armagh, Co. Armagh United Kingdom
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Released on the desk just inside the front door, beside the Visitors' Book.
Journal Entry 4 by Ekenny89 at Craigavon, Co. Armagh, -- Not a city, Geographical features, etc. -- Ireland on Sunday, April 16, 2017
After living in Melbourne Australia for a year, myself and partner from Armagh visited home for a week. We went to the Navan Centre and i found this book which i started to read today.
This book is now in Auckland, New Zealand where we will be living for the next year. Once read i will release it to the next lucky person.
This book is now in Auckland, New Zealand where we will be living for the next year. Once read i will release it to the next lucky person.
